Fluorine-Containing Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Application as a Template for Nanocellular and Porous Structures Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Complex Macromolecular Architectures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-Assembly

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 717-737

  Yokoyama, Hideaki ^a   Sugiyama, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Fluorine; Living polymerization; Nanocellular; Nanoporous; Supercritical carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885104978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470825150.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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